Memorial Middle, 4702 N. Central Ave.: grades 6 to 8, 621 students in 2026-27, a C in Florida's 2026 grades.
Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Hillsborough County Public Schools’ 2026-27 school zones, 40th-day enrollment count, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.
Memorial Middle is the Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 4702 N. Central Ave., inside Tampa city limits.
The Seminole Heights campus was first built in 1925, was renovated in 1999-2000 and was rededicated as Memorial Middle School on March 31, 2001, according to the school’s history page.
Who to call
- Front office: 813-872-5230, 4702 N. Central Ave., Tampa, FL 33603
- School website: hillsboroughschools.org/o/memorial
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s enrollment checklist; district office 813-272-4000
- Buses: the district’s Transportation Call Center, 813-982-5500, 5 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays
- Which school is my address zoned for? the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup
| Address | 4702 N. Central Ave., Tampa, FL 33603 |
| Phone | 813-872-5230 |
| Grades | 6 to 8 |
| District | Hillsborough County Public Schools |
| State school number | 29-2882 |
Principal
Principal Nishira Mitchell, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 621 students on the district’s 40th-day enrollment count for 2026-27, as of Oct. 5, 2026. The same sheet gives the campus a capacity of 1,044 students, so it is 59% full by the district’s measure.
- Federal count: 973 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 42 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 23 students per teacher.
State report card
Florida grades every public school A to F on the share of possible points it earns on the measures in the state’s 2026 school grades file: test scores, learning gains and, for middle and high schools, acceleration and graduation. The file sets an A for middle schools at 64% or more.
| School year | Grade |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C (56% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | C |
| 2023-24 | C |
From the same file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:
- English language arts: 38%
- Math: 49%
- Science: 34%
- Social studies: 67%
It lists 100% of the school’s students as economically disadvantaged.
The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s Find Your Neighborhood School lookup, or see the district’s 2026-27 middle school zone map. Zones do not follow city limits.
Of Tampa’s 212,263 address points in the City of Tampa’s address layer, 24,953 (11.8%) fall inside Memorial Middle’s 2026-27 zone. An address point can be a house, an apartment or a business.
Comparing the district’s 2026-27 zone maps with 2020 Census population (shares are of the zone’s residents):
- Elementary zones inside this zone: Forest Hills Elementary (26%), Twin Lakes Elementary (14%), Oak Grove Elementary (14%), Mendenhall Elementary (12%), Seminole Heights Elementary (11%), Broward Elementary (9%) and Egypt Lake Elementary (7%).
- High school: it splits between Chamberlain High (51%) and Hillsborough High (46%).
Approved changes for 2027-28: Starting in 2027-28, some sixth- to eighth-graders from the Sulphur Springs area are reassigned to Memorial after the School Board’s April 7, 2026, vote to make Sulphur Springs a pre-K to grade 5 school, according to the district’s Sulphur Springs map.
Calendar and bell times
Classes run 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to the school’s About page. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.
From the district’s 2026-27 student calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: fall break (Thanksgiving week)
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4 is also off, and students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Monday, Jan. 18, 2027: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, no school
- Friday, Feb. 12, 2027: Florida State Fair day, no school
- Monday, Feb. 15, 2027: Presidents Day, no school
- March 22-26, 2027: spring break; Monday, March 29 is also off, and students return Tuesday, March 30
- Friday, May 28, 2027: last day of school, a 2.5-hour early release
More on Tampa schools
- The school’s page on the district website
- Every public school in Tampa
- Our Tampa schools guide for enrolling, the School Board and the full calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Memorial Middle serve?
Grades 6 to 8. It is a Hillsborough County Public Schools middle school at 4702 N. Central Ave. in Tampa.
What is Memorial Middle’s school grade?
Memorial Middle earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 56% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.
Which high school does Memorial Middle feed into?
Its zone splits between Chamberlain High (51%) and Hillsborough High (46%) by 2020 Census residents, according to the district’s 2026-27 zone maps.
What time does Memorial Middle start?
Classes run 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., according to the school’s website. Students are released early every Monday, according to the district’s calendar.
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